ܢܝܒܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Compare Arabic نَاب (nāb) and Hebrew נִיב (nîḇ).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [niːvaː]
• (Barwar) IPA^(key): [niːva], [niːwa]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [niːva]

Noun

ܢܝܼܒ݂ܵܐ • (nīḇā) m (plural ܢܝܼܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ (nīḇē))

1. (anatomy) canine tooth
2. tusk
3. crab's claw

See also

• ܟܲܟܵܐ (kakkā, “tooth”)
• ܫܸܢܵܐ (šinnā, “tooth”)
• ܓܵܪܘܿܣܬܵܐ (gārōstā, “molar”)
• ܡܦܲܣܩܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (mpasqānīṯā, “incisor”)

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܢܐܒܐ

Etymology

Compare Arabic نَاب (nāb) and Hebrew נִיב (nîḇ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nivɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [nive(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܢܝܒܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܢܝܒܐ)

1. (anatomy) canine tooth; molar
2. tusk
3. crab's claw

Inflection

    inflection of ܢܝܒܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܢܝܒ	ܢܝܒܝܢ
construct	ܢܝܒ	ܢܝܒܝ
emphatic	ܢܝܒܐ	ܢܝܒܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܢܝܒܝ	ܢܝܒܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܢܝܒܟ	ܢܝܒܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܢܝܒܟܝ	ܢܝܒܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܢܝܒܗ	ܢܝܒܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܢܝܒܗ	ܢܝܒܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܢܝܒܢ	ܢܝܒܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܢܝܒܟܘܢ	ܢܝܒܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܢܝܒܟܝܢ	ܢܝܒܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܢܝܒܗܘܢ	ܢܝܒܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܢܝܒܗܝܢ	ܢܝܒܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܢܝܒܝܐ

References

• “nyb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 203b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 338a
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 913b

Anagrams

• ܒܝܢܐ
• ܒܢܝܐ
• ܝܒܢܐ
• ܢܒܝܐ